Art Theatre Guild Explained

The Art Theatre Guild (ATG) was a Japanese film production and distribution company which started in 1961, releasing mostly Japanese New Wave and art films.^{[1] [2]} From the late 1960s to the mid 1980s, it also often acted as producer. In 2018, ATG merged with its parent company Toho.^{[3] [4] [5]}

History

ATG began as a distributor for foreign art films in Japan, with the Toho studio being its main financier and one of its initiators. By 1967, ATG was assisting with production costs for a number of new Japanese films. Some of the early films released by ATG include Shōhei Imamura's A Man Vanishes (1967), Nagisa Oshima's Diary Of A Shinjuku Thief (1968) and Death by Hanging (1968), Toshio Matsumoto's Funeral Parade of Roses (1969), and Akio Jissoji's Mujo (1970).^[6]

See also

• Art Theatre Guild filmography

Further reading

• Web site: Roland . Domenig . Michael (trans.). Stern . Frédéric (trans.). Maffre . Martin (trans.). Vieillot . Cinéma indépendant & Art Theatre Guild . French . 6 June 2006. EigaGoGo!. (orig. English article from Minikoni (N°70))
• Web site: Thomas. Mes. Art Theatre Guild: Unabhängiges Japanisches Kino 1962-1984 (Book Review). 28 June 2004. 18 October 2010. Midnight Eye. https://web.archive.org/web/20071017122053/http://midnighteye.com/books/art-theatre-guild.shtml. 17 October 2007 . live.
• Alekseyeva . Julia . 'Self-revolutions of everyday life': the politics of ATG . The Sixties . 1–18 . 2021-11-22 . 10.1080/17541328.2021.1996793 . 1754-1328 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Anticipation of Freedom: Art Theatre Guild and Japanese Independent Cinema . Midnight Eye . 28 June 2004 . Roland . Domenig . 8 July 2023.
2. Book: Berra, John . Directory of World Cinema: Japan . Intellect . 2010 . 8 . 9781841503356.
3. Web site: 東宝、日本アートシアターギルド吸収合併へ (Toho to merge with Japan Art Theater Guild) . Bunka Tsushin . ja . 26 September 2018 . 11 July 2023.
4. http://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/AS05040/2f8db083/3fe1/4318/a296/9765c156dc8c/20180925114434889s.pdf Official Toho press release of the merging with ATG.
5. Web site: （株）日本アート・シアター・ギルド（ATG）吸収合併のお知らせ (Notice of Merger with Japan Art Theater Guild (ATG)) . JPubb . ja . 25 September 2018 . 11 July 2023.
6. Book: Standish, Isolde. A New History of Japanese Cinema. 2005. Continuum. New York. 9780826417091.